#523EA3#523EA3

#523EA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.156 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523EA3
RGB	rgb(82, 62, 163)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 62%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 35.12, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 62.71, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.0465 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.156 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8112, 7.8829, 35.5424)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523EA3 #8FA33E

analogous

#3E5DA3 #523EA3 #853EA3

triadic

#523EA3 #A3523E #3EA352

tetradic

#523EA3 #A33E5D #8FA33E #3EA385

square

#523EA3 #A33E5D #8FA33E #3EA385

split-complementary

#523EA3 #A3853E #5DA33E

monochromatic

#251C4A #3C2D77 #523EA3 #715DC1 #9889D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#523EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#523EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523EA3

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523EA3	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36566A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 62, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.156 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8974bf',
    500: '#523ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ea3;
$custom-light: #8974bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.881,
    "s": 44.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44356,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523EA3

secondary

#B1BD80

accent

#D553BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523EA3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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